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Isle of Wight Festival 2024: Island set for travel changes

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Details of changes to traffic and travel arrangements have been released ahead of the Isle of Wight Festival.

About 55,000 people are expected to descend on Seaclose Park, Newport, for the four-day event which begins on Thursday

Among the road layout changes, external, there will be a one-way system in place along Fairlee Road from lunchtime on Wednesday.

All outbound traffic from Newport will be directed up Staplers Road.

Residents are being urged to avoid the main festival traffic routes until next Tuesday.

Isle of Wight Council said in the event of an incident on the roads or a festival entrance being blocked, there were diversion routes available and vehicles could be temporarily stacked away from the main roads

Shuttle bus services, external will also be in operation, linking the festival site and ferry ports as well as other towns across the island.

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